pretty things

When it comes to things I can’t resist I have to admit I am hopelessly in love with stationary. It is just so pretty! I love writing pads, and journals, notebooks, organisers and pretty pens. I can browse stationary shops for the longest time. I get mesmerised by the pretty patterns, and  beautiful pages with inspirational quotes that fill their pages. 

My daughters take after me, we just love looking at all the amazing things that are available for kids desks and beautiful paper and sticker books, kids calendars and adorable travel and journal books. The main store we seem to get lost in (hubby if you can’t find us), is Kiki K.

So I thought I would share with you some of our favourites.

One of our absolute favourites at the moment is the Kiki K friendship book! This is perfect for primary school age children. It is a journal where they get to ask their friends questions, write how they met, include nicknames and even attach photos.

Want to record all those funny, cute and strange things that your children say? I am loving this Kiki K journal where you can record all the adorable things said in one very cute book.

How adorable is this Travel Adventure Journal, such a great way to encourage kids to keep a personal record of their travels.

OK now forget the kids for a moment, I really want a Kiki K planner for myself! They come in gorgeous colours and you can get gorgeous stickers and pens to add to the fun.

I often blog about gratitude and how important it is in making us aware of all the good in our world, and even more recently I blogged about how we should acknowledge the things we are grateful for about ourselves, like our talents, our unique qualities and the nice things we do. So yes I am a fan of gratitude journals, and of course Kiki K has one of these too!

It is like this store has thought of a journal for everything. I have the happiness journal, but there is also a mindfulness journal, dreams journal, one for your goals, and even one for your habits. Check out there Inspirational range. 

I guess by now you get that I love this store. I love pretty things and I love being inspired, but ultimately it is not about buying things, it is about being yourself. I love surrounding myself in things that inspire me to live an authentic life and always be true to who I am. I want to encourage my children to be original and know that they offer their own unique talents to the world. I want them to feel empowered and I want them to feel free to explore who they are and then have the freedom to show this to the world. And that is also what I want for you, for my lovely readers. I want you to dream big, I want you to know that you are a gift, you matter and you deserve happiness!

You don’t have to go out and buy journals and quote cards, you can make your own, get creative and be inspired. Write down quotes or thoughts that inspire you and pop them on sticky notes, or write them out and frame them in your own style. Grab a cheap notebook from the supermarket and cover it in pretty paper or cut out a beautiful magazine image and cover a book with that. Use the book to record the things you are grateful for or fill it with the funny things your kids say. Possibilities are endless when it comes to being creative and possibilities are endless when it comes to life! So live it, love it and always have fun with it!

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Thanks for joining me, love Mackenzie xx